Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-28


Ths Yacht Coronet First Across the At
laniic Ocean,
LoEDos March 27th-The yacht Coronet
arrived OFF Queenstown at 1880 o clock this
morning. Nothing has been seen since of
the Dauntless. The Coronet passed the
winning point at 1880 o'clock, under full
press of canvas.
SOME PARTICULARS OF THE VOYAGE.
QUEENSTOWN March 27th.-The Coronet
arrived at I2.4l P. NJ The apparent time
occupied in the passage was "a days, %
hours, SO minutes and 46 seconds, and the
actual time, computed on the Greenwich
basis, was II days, 10 hours, 8 minutes and
IA seconds. Whole number of nautical
miles sailed, 2949. The longest DAYS run
was 291.5 miles, made on Saturday, March
26th, and the shortest 3S8 miles, made on
Tuesday, March ed. The weather was un-
commonly stormy, even for this season of
the year. No less than seven heavy gales
contributed to keep the sea in a ferment for
eleven days of the trip, and for two days
the weather was so severe as TO make the
question of the yachts living through
them somewhat doubtful. She be-
haved splendfdly, however, in all sorts
of weather, and proved herself one
of the stanchest, if not one of the fastest
vessels of her size ahoat. No accident
happened to any of the sailors, despite the
great risks they were compelled to under
take at times. With the exception of three
torn sails and little broken tackle, every
thing on board was IN as good shape when
her anchor was dropped off Queenstown as
when it was raised off Tompkinsville,
Staten Island 1t is thought that q much
quicker passage might have been made had
Captain Crosby carried more sail. On sew
eral occasions, when the wind was light
but the sky threatening, he was very eau
tious, and his judgment was largely con-
trolled by the barometer, which was much
OF the time below %, and seldom above 80
the nominal hight in the latitude ira
versed. The course was made little more
northerly than was thought safe. but for
tunately no icebergs or fields were encoun-
tered.
The number of persons on board the
Coronet was 29 including 16 sailors, five
officers, steward, cook, mess boy and five
guests. The officers were: Captain, G. P.
Crosby; navigator, T. 3. G. Anderson;
mates, w. A. Whittier and Otto Peterson;
boatswain, Augustus Bergholm.
In passing the given line at Roche's
Poing, the victorious yacht fired five guns,
and the time was at once taken by the Sec
retary and members of the Royal Cork
Yacht Club, who had been ON the lookout
for her arrival. The Club then hoisted a
signal announcing the Coronet's arrival,
the various stations answering the pen
nant The wind was blowing hard, and
the Coronet entered Cork harbor in spank
ing style, with all sails set and hugging the
western shore. From start to finish the
Coronet experienced strong gales, with
tremendous seas. On Tuesday and We'd
nesday last she hove to for several hours
each day and made only 90 miles in As
hours. Her average run during the passage
varied from 230 to $50 miles day.
THE DAUNTLEss LOOKED EoR SOON.
LONDON, March 27th-P M.-The Coronet
people believe that the Dauntless will be
from twenty-four to thirty hours later in
arriving.
Captain Anderson says the weather was
the worst be ever experienced in all his ia
Atlantic passages.